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Federal Tipoffs Involving Minnesota Newsletter for Thursday March 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

BLS - Midwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Minnesota - 2023'
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 6, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Minnesota - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.3 percent in Minnesota  more

Minn. U.S. Attorney: Repeat Federal Felon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: A Burnsville felon has been sentenced to 180 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, in September 2022, while John Paul Majerus II, 34, was still serving a prison sentence for a prior federal controlled substance crime,  more

Minn. U.S. Attorney: Three Additional Individuals Charged in Twin Cities Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: Three additional individuals have been charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl throughout the Twin Cities and surrounding areas, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, between August 2022 through December 2023, Phyu Win Jame, 27, Amaya Tiffany-Nicole Mims, 23, and Da'Shawn Natori Domena, 24, and their prev  more